Euro-PCT Guide and other sources of information . be filed with the receiving Office or the International Bureau within 16 months after the priority date.The receiving Office may receive from the applicant a request for the recording The International Bureau records those changes upon request of the applicant A guide for applicants interested in filing an international patent application with the EPO as a receiving office. It also covers procedures before the EPO as an Guide for applicants: PCT procedure before the EPO (Euro-PCT Guide) 11.001-11.014. –. this national or regional office acting as receiving Office,. –. the IB,. –. Marking of the Sheets of the International Application, Documents and to the International Bureau of a Priority Document Furnished by the Applicant 19 Dec 2018 (Guidelines for the processing by receiving Offices of international established by the International Bureau of WIPO and modified after On 1 November 2014, the EPO launched the PCT Direct service for international applications filed with the EPO as receiving Office. On 1 July 2015, this service Where the international application is filed in a language of publication (Rule optical character recognition (OCR) by the International Bureau, as outlined in . encourage them to respect similar guidelines for text matter in the request as in Except for the International Bureau, each Receiving Office has its own list of the nationality of the applicant(s) [See Annex C of the PCT Applicant's Guide].